Grammy Award winning producer, Jim Gaines, and I recorded several albums together before joining the legendary John Mayall. Tearin' Me Up is one of my favorite tracks from that collaboration and is available now on The Essential Rocky Athas - Volume I. Please enjoy & "share" with your friends!

For all you guitar geeks, on this track I played my 1968 Gibson Custom Black Beauty and 1957 Les Paul Junior. All guitars played on this album are listed on the exclusive alternate album art card included FREE with the purchase of the album HERE.

Please join me in wishing Eric Clapton a big "Happy Birthday" today. When I saw Eric Clapton and Cream as a kid, it changed everything for me. White Room was one of my favorites with Eric's amazing tone and melodic technique with a Wah-Wah on full display. I wanted to pay tribute to the master on his birthday staying as close to his original recording as possible using my 1965 Gibson SG and vintage 1969 Vox Wah-Wah. Please enjoy & SHARE! Thank you for your inspiration, Eric!

Everybody knows how much I love The Beatles so we can't forget that today is George Harrison's birthday. This recording of Something is a tribute created by Walter Watson and myself and we had a blast putting this together! Please join me in celebrating and remembering the "quiet" Beatle whose lead work on this song is full of blues and emotion. I have always been such a fan that the image of George Harrison's autograph is from my personal collection.

I saw The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show and..... I did this! My ultra cool hairdresser mom actually let me grow my hair out. Their influence was immediate and long lasting. This performance of BECAUSE is a tribute created by myself on guitar and Walter Watson doing ALL the vocal tracks. How the Beatles came up with such complicated chord structure was a thing of beauty and still amazes me today.

Obviously, I was very proud of learning a bar chord since I am diligently holding one in this photo with my Kingston pawn shop special!